Yoga Ema

Yoga Ema YOGA: strong, intelligent vinyasa, dreamy yin and embodied philosophy �

07/11/2025

People often ask me where to start with yoga philosophy - and I've been thinking more about how to present a way in to this vast and endlessly beautiful topic (*every day as I study a new portal of amazing stuff opens up to me as I realise how LITTLE I know..😌)

Yoga philosophy isn't just the yama/niyama and 8 limbs of yoga - it offers insights into how our minds work, how time and cause and effect play out, how we can move through this world of change and still feel steady..
These are all huge topics but they are all concerned with our everyday experience and so I think that is a great place to start.

While we're living our lives, doing all our stuff, we might start to notice: what are we doing, what is the effect of it, and... WHY??

I can't wait to be up in the Cairngorms with and her community next week, and this is what we're going to do - dip our toes into yoga philosophy by starting to ask, "Why" - and see where it takes us...

I'll be offering a bumper workshop with yin yoga, tea and chat, philosophy explorations and even a bit of chanting - if you happen to be up in that beautiful part of the world do join us at .yoga.studio  on Sunday 16th November at 2pm.

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Yin Yoga for Autumn 🍂 - If you've seen the trees, the skies, you can feel that autumn is a season of transformation. Unl...
05/11/2025

Yin Yoga for Autumn 🍂 - If you've seen the trees, the skies, you can feel that autumn is a season of transformation. Unlike summer and winter which are more settled, autumn's energy is one of transience - the shifts of temperature and light, the colours of the foliage and clouds, it's all morphing before our eyes. 🌦️

I love the seasonal quality of yin practice as it lets us notice how nature's rhythms are echoed in our own bodies. In Autumn one of the organs we work with is the Lungs - which are the very embodiment of transience - we receive the breath, process it, do chemical exchange, and Let It Go.

Give this yin sequence a try to support the tender lungs in their ability to receive and release, to experience the transient perfection of an instant of time, before it moves forward and is gone. This is perfect presence - stillness in the midst of constant change. 💫

If you'd like to practise yin with me - join me at Merchant City Yoga on Monday and Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm, both in the cosy womb-like studio, or online. 

Or if you'd like to learn more about all the magic and subtle and anatomical knowledge that underpins the yin practice, join me for my 50hr yin yoga training starting in May 2026.

Send me a DM if you'd like to find out more or check out the link in my bio ✨

💎JEWELS💎We tend to think of Autumn as the time for letting go - leaves falling from the trees, dark evenings closing in,...
03/11/2025

💎JEWELS💎
We tend to think of Autumn as the time for letting go - leaves falling from the trees, dark evenings closing in, etc. And it is - but also: in the Chinese 5-element system, Autumn is the season of Metal - that which is precious. In autumn, we are filtering, releasing, deciding what to keep and what to let go of - and when we let go of what we don't need, the things that are left over are only those which are most precious.

So, I decided that my theme for classes in November will be ✨JEWELS✨. There are plenty of references to jewels in the yoga tradition, from the pure transparent jewel (maṇi) of the mind referenced in the yoga sūtras, to the jewels (ratna) that approach when we practice non-stealing (asteya) to the wish-fulfilling jewel Kaustubha that emerges from the churning of the ocean of milk..

We'll explore all of these in the coming weeks.

Join me in my regular classes:
🪷MONDAYS vinyasa 6pm, yin 7.30pm 🪷🪷TUESDAYS Q***r Joy! 10.30am at The Deep End
🪷WEDNESDAYS yin 7.30pm
🪷 THURSDAYS morning flow

see you soon sparkly friends ! 🌟

Hari bol! It's been some time since we raised our voices together, and I'm delighted to say we'll be holding a sweet cha...
31/10/2025

Hari bol! It's been some time since we raised our voices together, and I'm delighted to say we'll be holding a sweet charity kīrtan at during the winter holidays!

This is a donation-based offering, with all proceeds going to our friends at to support their beautiful beautiful work supporting migrant women and creating a real sense of community in Govanhill (and beyond).

And you're in for a treat because it won't just be me leading, I'll be joined by my lovely friend and stunning musician - I can't wait to chant together again, with her and with you all!

Join us at on 28th December, for chanting, a bit of chat and hanging out, sweet vegan snacks and tea! 

find the link in my bio ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

I'm sure you've heard that the yoga tradition loves cows. Not only are they venerated for their gentleness, generosity a...
23/10/2025

I'm sure you've heard that the yoga tradition loves cows. Not only are they venerated for their gentleness, generosity and general adorableness - We chant for cows at the end of every ashtanga practice, Krishna is the protector of the cows, and she (the cow) represents our connection to the Earth, infinitely nurturing and supportive. 

In the Śrimad Bhāgavatam, the Earth, trampled upon by "conceited demons dressed like kings" (sound familiar?) takes the form of a cow, to tell Brahma about her misfortune and ask for help. 

What can cows teach us about our relationship to this Earth? About how our yoga practice can help us to take care of Nature, the source of all our sustenance? 

This month in Philosophy Club - 🌱 Holy Cow! On Nurturing, Non-exploitation and our Connection to the Earth. 🌱

We'll discuss:
🐮 virtues and symbolism of the cow - as the Earth, and also as the Senses

🐮 how our senses connect us to Nature

🐮 why Protecting the Cows is a Divine Act

🐮 capitalism, exploitation, and protecting our resources

🐮 how our yoga practice can help us nurture and protect our Earth (in our everyday, modern lives)

Join us this Sunday at or online on Tuesday 11th November. 

Om! (or do I mean, MOooo!!) 🐄🙏🌳

I'm sure you've heard that the yoga tradition loves cows. Not only are they venerated for their gentleness, generosity a...
23/10/2025

I'm sure you've heard that the yoga tradition loves cows. Not only are they venerated for their gentleness, generosity and general adorableness - We chant for cows at the end of every ashtanga practice, Krishna is the protector of the cows, and she (the cow) represents our connection to the Earth, infinitely nurturing and supportive.

In the Śrimad Bhāgavatam, the Earth, trampled upon by "conceited demons dressed like kings" (sound familiar?) takes the form of a cow, to tell Brahma about her misfortune and ask for help.

What can cows teach us about our relationship to this Earth? About how our yoga practice can help us to take care of Nature, the source of all our sustenance?

This month in Philosophy Club the topic is
🌱Holy Cow! On Nurturing, Non-exploitation and our Connection to the Earth. 🌱

We'll discuss:
🐮 virtues and symbolism of the cow - as the Earth, and also as the Senses
🐮 how our senses connect us to Nature
🐮 why Protecting the Cows is a Divine Act
🐮 capitalism, exploitation, and protecting our resources
🐮 how our yoga practice can help us nurture and protect our Earth (in our everyday, modern lives)

Join us this Sunday at or online on Tuesday 11th November.

Om! (or do I mean, MOooo!!) 🐄🙏🌳

21/10/2025

does philosophy get in the way of the physical practice of yoga?
QUITE THE OPPOSITE

If you've ever approached challenging poses you know how much the mind is involved in how we practise them - and the same human tendencies that show up on the mat are the very same ones that yoga philosophy is concerned with.

So we can bring these teachings with us as a support to our physical practice - they can help us to get strong, by harnessing our mind and letting it support us, instead of the opposite.

This is central to how I practise and teach physical yoga, and I'm excited to share the tools and perspectives I use to bring yoga's wisdom teachings into my āsana classes. 

THIS WEEKEND!
Embodied Philosophy - it's but ON the mat.
Join us on Saturday at if you want to integrate all your parts into your practice and your teaching - body, mind, and heart.

Link in my bio! Or go to merchantcityyoga.com/workshops-and-courses 💪💪💪

20/10/2025

🪔 Diwali, festival of light ✨ most of all the light of knowledge, wisdom and truth that shines, even in the darkness ✨

"Install the luminous gem in the shape of the divine name 'Rama' on the threshold of the tongue at the doorway of your mouth, if you will have light both inside and outside, O Tulasīdāsa."
Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas

I teach yoga that seeks to go through the body to something beyond, but you can only get there by working skilfully with...
20/10/2025

I teach yoga that seeks to go through the body to something beyond, but you can only get there by working skilfully with your physicality - working with what is, rather than trying to make it into something it's not.

Come for intelligent sequencing firmly grounded in physical and subtle anatomy, stay for an immersion into the philosophical teachings of yoga. 💁

Practise with me -

Mondays: Vinyasa 6pm, Yin 7.30pm -
Tuesdays: Q***r Joy! 10.30am - at The Deep End
Wednesdays: Yin 7.30pm at
Thursdays: Morning flow 8-8.45am at

for more info on all classes see yogaema.com/classes 

or if you'd like a practice personally catered to you and your anatomical or other needs, DM me to chat about working 1:1.

Hello October friends! 🍁This month I'm excited to bring you so many offerings and some new classes across all my passion...
01/10/2025

Hello October friends! 🍁
This month I'm excited to bring you so many offerings and some new classes across all my passions - philosophy, yin, teaching methodology, and heart-centred vinyasa ✨

Check it out: 

🍁Tues 7th October: Philo Club ONLINE! 

🍁Thurs 9th: New! Morning Flow all levels vinyasa starts at

🍁Fri 10th: YIN TGIF at

🍁Weds 15th: New! Yin Yoga at

🍁Sat 25th: Teachers' CPD: Weaving Philosophy into Āsana Classes 

🍁Sun 26th: Philo Club at  

It's gonna be deep, soulful, and full of connection. 🙏 Hope to see you there! 🌚

{scroll👉} Nature is so magic, so awe-inspiring, because she is all things. Light, dark, comforting, wild, vast, intricat...
26/09/2025

{scroll👉} Nature is so magic, so awe-inspiring, because she is all things. Light, dark, comforting, wild, vast, intricate, she gives us everything we need, she takes it all away. She is beautiful and she is neutral - compassionate, yet aloof, infinitely generous and sometimes severe.
She is us and we are her, and if she is all things then so are we.
🌊🙏🌚🌪️⛰️💫

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Yoga Ema

I teach yoga that is strong and subtle, imaginative yet rooted in tradition. We’ll move in beautiful and strong flows, but always with inward directed awareness that involves the mind and the heart, too.

Through great attention to the detail of the physical body, we make space and build strength and integration, which allows us to move more deeply into the inner world.

Up until my late twenties I was the unsportiest person you ever knew, with plenty of bad habits and complete disconnection from my body. While living in Russia I came across a remarkable teacher (https://www.facebook.com/gladkikhom) who properly introduced me to the powerful practices of hatha yoga. Soon I was practising daily and delving deep into all the yoga practices and texts that I could find.